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People Magazine x3 – still HALF my size
If you’re always prepared, you never have to get ready. When People Magazine asked me for a 3rd time if I was a still in shape and willing to share my story in a “Half their size” special edition as an ALL-Star once again, I was ready. Speaking frankly, changing my life at such a young…
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5 quick & dirty meal prep tips
1. Prepare food with ingredients you LIKE. 2. BUY the right containers, jars, baggies. 3. 5 OR LESS ingredient recipes are the easiest to prep. 4. Always include COLORFUL food. 5. TRY a new fruit or vegetable. Bonus* 6. Meat isn’t always necessary *7. Shop according to sale produce
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Mason Jar Cobb Salad #3
I love great big messy cobb salads. More often than not, there are so many extra ingredients that the health factor is null and void. Cobb salad seems like a good idea – but really it’s just a tasty and filling farce, any healthy aspects of the salad are drenched in dressing and bacon!…
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3 ingredient cookies
My FAVORITE recipes have less than 5 ingredients! As i’ve stated before, the less ingredients the more inclined the recipe is to be CLEAN and EASY. I’ve given up sugar for 40 days. Desserts are my one true weakness so giving up refined sugar always proves difficult. I’m able to sustain by finding substitutes for sugar overall,…
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Mason Jar Salad #2 | Strawberry Spinach
Another amazing mason jar salad creation, I’ve made this salad countless times before – this time I put it in a jar. I will say the advantage is – 1. it makes the perfect sized salad and 2. I don’t have to carry a bottle of salad dressing to work. Check out the gorgeous…
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Spicy Tabb Tuna Burgers
Ask and you shall receive! Tuna burgers are super easy, filling and great for a snack, lunch or dinner. Not to mention tuna is full of protein, clean and low in calories – you can’t go wrong. The star of this weeks EASY lunch mealprep – I’ll enjoy these with avocado and cilantro. Ingredients…
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Banana, Blueberry, PB Smoothie
I’ve received a few questions about easy breakfast smoothies. This smoothie is for the super time afflicted, full of antioxidants, FIBER and protein. Throw all the stuff in a blender for a minute and you’re out the door. Banana (frozen)- 1 Blueberries – 1 cup -fiber, potassium, folate, vitamin C, vitamin B6 Peanut Butter –…
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Salad: Mason jar Magic #1
I’ve created magic once again! After months of stalking and pinning on Pinterest, I decided to try something new with my ever-loving mason jars. For the first time I prepared stacked salads in mason jars for the week. If you are a faithful reader of this blog, you’ll realize I try to keep my recipes and…
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Sho-ing Off with a Probiotic: Sho Balance
My life hangs on BALANCE and Good gut health is a huge motivating factor in my every day diet. I became a fan of consistent probiotics a few years ago when I found myself constantly bloated and full of gas on an ongoing bases. I thought these issues were something I just had to live with until…
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Life Design: Meal Prep 101
My life is based around preparation, whether i’m planning my social calendar, workout days or meal prepping – faithfully i’m never at a loss for my time. Knowing that my time can’t be given back, I try very hard to make each moment count. One of my most favorite weekly rituals is Meal Prepping.…
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The year I grew #therobertashow
What a year it has been for the world. No matter the effects of the influences we can not control in the plural, we never lose the ability to grow as individuals. This year I am acknowledging and attesting to that in the highest form. A year of change, growth and becoming. This past year…
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A few of my Favorite things! 2016 life foods, apps & thangs
With a week left in 2016 and the holidays here I want to give you guys a gift of the most useful, slight obsessions I’ve had this year. This list, in no particular order is comprised of foods, apps and other things that have in enhanced my life in some useful way this year. ENJOY &…
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Roasted Beet “Candy”
Literally 3 ingredients. A lunch dish or a side piece these beets will have you beating with a new drum. Historically I’ve never been a fan of beets, my father prepared them from a can, boiled and thickened with flour. Horrific. As an adult I thought they tasted like dirt, while not entirely untrue – that earthy…
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web/life Designer eCommerce experience
Web Designer by day, Life Designer by night. Ever wondered what I do for a living?#FedEx created this amazing video detailing eCommerce from start to finish. Check for my cameo at 3:05 – Questions? Just ask, it’s pretty marvelous. #therobertashow #adriannapapell
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Healthy Holidazzze 2016 | Roberta rules
I make it a point to repost my “rules” with a quick touch up each year. Please see below & follow through for this years holiday season. In my imaginary “perfect” life – cake is my favorite food group and I eat strawberry cupcakes for breakfast instead of oats topped with strawberries. I LOVE the holidays, not…
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Interesting Oats
I grew up eating oatmeal. Usually Quaker oats “minute” oatmeal, must add LOTS of sugar, butter and or whole milk. Those days are long gone. My dad made the oatmeal soupy, I suppose to stretch the breakfast on cold winter mornings as thin as possible. I hate soupy oatmeal, enter – me not eating oatmeal…
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Berries: A Fall Romance
This one was easy. All kinds of berries are in season! I’ve been creating more smoothies without bananas, though beloved, I don’t always crave the overly sweetness of the ripe. The tartness of the cranberries paired with the light sweet of the strawberries is a nice combination. Add the basil and you get a bit of…